A POKE IN THE EYE

http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/06/25/what-gave-jimmy-kimmel-a-black-eye-and-11-stitches/

Don't we love it when "famous" people do something so incredibly dumb and human?  We love it when they look fallible and not immune to the embarrassing and ridiculous folly that we all occasionally experience.

I laughed so hard when I saw this on Jimmy Kimmel (see link).  First of all I laughed because of the whole "hunky guy" thing, but mostly because I could so relate to the incident.  I DID THE EXACT SAME THING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO!

I was running around like a crazy woman on some sort of "gotta be there on time" schedule with too much to do in too short a time.  I had to drop something off for Hub at his office and had a terrible time finding parking.  I was watching the clock, seeing that I was running later and later.  A huge garbage truck was blocking the entrance to the one parking lot that had an empty space in it, so I was annoyed after having circled the block 3 times.  Finally, I saw a car pull out of a spot on the street.  I quickly did my usual expert job of parallel parking, got out and ran to the office, ran back, and with great urgency opened the car door with extra "oomph" -- right into my face.  Just like Jimmy.  Except my door hit me in the eye.

Fortunately, I was wearing my glasses, so the door hit the lens and jammed it against my eye, hard.  I stood there, startled.  Embarrassed.  Concerned.  My eye really, really hurt!  But the lens did not break and my eye was not damaged.  So off I went, still a bit disbelieving that I'd actually been silly enough to open the car door into my own face!  Duh!

Fortunately, the worst that happened was the lens on my glasses was scratched and I may need to have it replaced if they can't buff it out.  No blood and stitches, like Jimmy.

I just wish I had a TV show where I could reenact the scene.  I'd pick Sofia Vergara to play me.

At least, that's the view from here....©